Do you know about Oxford Dictionary? Yes, that same one your English teacher made you buy in class 6 and you just put it in one corner of your house and never opened again. Well, Oxford Dictionary has announced the ‘Word of the Year’, like it does every year.
So what is this year’s ‘Word of the Year’?
This
Yes, I kid you not. The Oxford Dictionary, home of difficult words and nightmare of children across Pakistan in English dictation tests, has announced an emoji as their ‘Word of the Year. An Emoji. They actually tried to make a phrase out of it and have called it the ‘Tears of Joy Emoji’ but we all know it is no word at all. It is our favorite Whatsapp tool to use when a friend shares the lamest joke ever.
People all around the world were obviously shocked about it. And this is what everyone had to say about the ‘Word of the Year’ for 2015:
This person is sad for our children
WORD of the year is an emoji. Our children are doomed
— 56 Tweets (@TVSHA_x) November 17, 2015
This guy is afraid his food may be taken away after his words
Naming an emoji as word of the year is like calling a picture of food the best dish of the year. Just sayin’.
— James Kendrick (@jkendrick) November 17, 2015
This person cannot spell even an emoji correctly
? <—- this is apparently the word of the year according to the Oxford dictionary
— 56 Tweets (@TVSHA_x) November 17, 2015
This lady who is concerned for world peace
In any other week, the fact that ? was named Oxford dictionary word of the year would be the worse news of the week
— James Morrison (@JamesMorrison42) November 17, 2015
And this person who is just done with this world
Welcome to the future, where selfies kill more people than sharks and the word of the year isn't a word at all! Words are so 2014, after
— Fatuma Cossentine (@dapawyfobasu) November 17, 2015
Maybe someone needs to tell this girl that “this” is not the word of the year
Oh this is the word of the year?
— Ritsuya (@imginglight) November 17, 2015
This person who is so shocked they have forgotten all about hygiene
Andddddd Oxford Dictionaries "Word of the Year" is… ? — An emoji. BRB, going to go drown myself in the toilet..
— Amy D (@AmyDeets) November 17, 2015
This guy knows what Oxford is trying to do
This sounds like a cheap ploy to get young people to read the dictionary, and make it seem "hip" and "cool". Word of the year should be SMH.
— Jonah (@channelsurfcine) November 17, 2015
And this guy has a better suggestion for the Word of the Year
The word of the year is ?. But I think 2015 is really best expressed by ?. ?????????????
— P. A. McG (@p_a_mcg) November 17, 2015
This guy just sums it up perfectly
Word of the year, ?!
— Charity Miles (@CharityMiles) November 17, 2015
And finally, this person has the most valid point
If an emoji can be the oxford word of the year, I should be able to use it in a paper.
— Kimani B™ (@KimaniB_) November 17, 2015
What do you think about the word of the year?